The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a well child assessment on a 13-year-old female whose mother asks when her daughter's periods may start. Which information will the nurse practitioner use to help estimate the onset of periods?

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The age at thelarche (onset of breast development) is a better indicator of when menstruation may start compared to the age of the mother's menarche, when adrenarche occurred, or whether linear growth has stopped. Most girls will begin menstruating 2-3 years after their thelarche.

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